Competition and Consumer Act 2010

E377728
Australian federal statute competition law consumer protection law

The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 is an Australian federal law that regulates competition, fair trading, and consumer protection, enforced primarily by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 canonical 5
Australian Consumer Law 2
Schedule 2 – Australian Consumer Law 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian federal statute ⓘ
competition law ⓘ
consumer protection law ⓘ
administeredBy Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ
Australian Securities and Investments Commission ⓘ
alsoEnforcedBy Australian Securities and Investments Commission ⓘ
Federal Court of Australia ⓘ
appliesTo Australian businesses ⓘ
corporations ⓘ
individuals engaged in trade or commerce ⓘ
overseas conduct with Australian market effects ⓘ
commencementDate 2011-01-01 ⓘ
containsPart Competition and Consumer Act 2010 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Australian Consumer Law
country Australia ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of Australia ⓘ
formerName Competition and Consumer Act 2010 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Trade Practices Act 1974
hasPart Part IIIA – Access to services ⓘ
Part IV – Restrictive trade practices ⓘ
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Schedule 2 – Australian Consumer Law
includesProvision access to services with natural monopoly characteristics ⓘ
authorisation and notification of conduct ⓘ
civil penalties for contraventions ⓘ
criminal offences for serious cartel conduct ⓘ
industry codes of conduct ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalCitation Cth ⓘ
primaryEnforcementBody Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ
purpose to ensure fair trading practices ⓘ
to promote competition in markets ⓘ
to protect consumers ⓘ
region Australia-wide ⓘ
regulates cartel conduct ⓘ
consumer guarantees ⓘ
exclusive dealing ⓘ
mergers and acquisitions ⓘ
misuse of market power ⓘ
product safety ⓘ
resale price maintenance ⓘ
unconscionable conduct ⓘ
unfair contract terms ⓘ
replaced Trade Practices Act 1974 ⓘ
royalAssentDate 2010-12-15 ⓘ
scope competition law and policy ⓘ
consumer protection law ⓘ
fair trading law ⓘ
shortTitle Competition and Consumer Act 2010 self-link ⓘ
yearOfAct 2010 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 → relatedTo → Competition and Consumer Act 2010 ⓘ
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission → legalBasis → Competition and Consumer Act 2010 ⓘ
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission → enforces → Competition and Consumer Act 2010 ⓘ
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission → enforces → Competition and Consumer Act 2010 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Consumer Law
The Australian Financial System → hasRegulatoryFramework → Competition and Consumer Act 2010 ⓘ
subject surface form: Australian Financial System
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 → shortTitle → Competition and Consumer Act 2010 self-link ⓘ
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 → formerName → Competition and Consumer Act 2010 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trade Practices Act 1974
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 → containsPart → Competition and Consumer Act 2010 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Consumer Law
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 → hasPart → Competition and Consumer Act 2010 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schedule 2 – Australian Consumer Law